A semester gone by @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

"Swoosh!" That's how 8 weeks here went by@ Great Lakes Institute of Management,  Gurgaon. DAAAYYYUUUM!! I still can't get over it.

I'm trying to recall what I did. Week 1 - We were at Rishikesh, Week 2 - I remember books. Lots of books, Week 3 - I remember a lot of late nights with "Orange juice" and BAM!! It's the eight week. I'm unable to decipher if its a good thing or a bad thing. *goes into thinking mode*

This is how 2am looks like from where we stay. Coutesy - Raj Vikas (PGPM 14)

Good thing? Bad thing? I dont know. What I do know is that I have made friends. The kind who will help you up when need be. And that's not something you come across everyday.

A birthday party every week. A lot of "orange juice" and loud music. The neighbors are wild already. And I do not mean it in the fun way. Get your head out of the ditch man!

This is my first time ever being out of my house and I must say. I'm impressed. Again, I don't know what I'm impressed with. They serve Veg food 99.9997% (Six Sigma) of the time. And when they do, I wanted to throw a fork at the cook, the weather is either scorching or it rains so much that one needs a boat to get around and classes can get killing sometimes but hey! guess what, I'm impressed.

It's a package they say. This is that package.

Term 1 - Thanks to you. My friends in Bangalore are pisd off with me because of this post.


Cheers

-Yogesh Babu

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Stuff you relate to when @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon

There I was, limping around Gurgaon with a busted ankle when suddenly I bumped into an article written long ago by Rohit Venkatesh, a friend of mine. And could relate to it perfectly.

It goes like...

CHRONICLES OF THE FRACTURED FOOT

By Rohit Venkatesh

A guide of possibly useless tips and questionable insights of navigating through a life experience

Fibula Oblongata –

‘TIS WISE to note that a broken leg has a mind of its own. So whatever designs your overzealous sense of will may have, your leg most probably has other plans.  Eg.

• Beating your sister to the remote
• Answering the land line in time
• Walking your beloved dog etc.

Dialogues of Disaster –

Should you happen to be the victim of said unfortunate scenario, ‘tis wise not only to exercise caution over the movement of your leg, but over that of your tongue as well. A carelessly dropped phrase could result in you being the subject of many a curse, the butt of many a joke and the target of the occasional flying shoe. This in turn remarkably affects recovery time, state of mental well being etc.
For your ref.- Some tried and tested dialogues to be avoided:

• “I’ll be down in a minute…”
• “No problem, I’ll take care of it...”
• “Sure! What do you want to draw on my cast…?”
•  “Oooh…what does this button do…?”

Conversation Jumpstarts-

The sight of a known face hobbling around pitifully in a crutch and cast usually inspires a torrent of curiosity to bubble forth from the onlooker. But every now and then you come across the odd concerned bloke whose creative interrogation refuses to go beyond “So how are you feeling now…?” The vast awkward silence that follows the cursory “Much better now, thanks.” is rather uncomfortable. Fear not. If hair can have extensions, so can this conversation- 

1.      Since the poor chap has run out of questions from his not-so-abundant repertoire, drive the conversation by conducting an inquisition of your own: “So have you ever broken your leg?” If he has, you’re in luck. The conversation continues for another 5 mins. If not…

2.      Puns. A conversation about the subject of a busted leg gives birth to many a pregnant pause. Mostly because you are wincing and cringing at the multitude of bad puns the situation breeds.  

“…can put your best foot forward (followed by smug guffaw)”
“…when I said break a leg, I didn’t mean literally go and…(followed by smug guffaw)”
“…costed you an arm AND A LEG…!!(followed by smug guffaw)” 
Horrible as these may be, it’s not as bad as the ocean of awkward silence. Indulge in the pun theory and you will survive the ordeal with merely a slightly swollen forehead (from facepalming).

To be continued…

Coming up next:
The Sympathy Milkshake – How to milk the situation, and have your boss get YOU copies and coffee.

Varun Methil, Rohit Venkatesh and Yogesh Babu - The Good Life!

-Yogesh Babu

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PS - You're welcome.

Weekend! What weekend?!?! @ Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon.

A not so typical week that went by in the first semester @ Great Lakes, Gurgaon. "Yendhuku?" ("Why" in Telugu), you might ask.

That's because there were a few students who thought it would be a good thing to have a mid term test on a Sunday instead of a weekday. This is one such moment when my hand wanted to slap somebody really hard. A few minutes later, I took that back. 

We had the test scheduled on the day after out Marketing Assignment 1 presentation. Speaking of my Marketing Presentation, it did not just go as planned.. but better. Way better. Mr. Easwar Krishna Iyer, a faculty from the Chennai campus as well as a very important member in the Great Lakes family said "This is one of the best Marketing Management - I presentations I have seen in my career". Unbelievable but I shit you not, its true. I was flying for obvious reasons. "YOU KILLED IT YOGESH. You were born for Marketing", I said to myself like a third person. One of my many defects.

Now coming back to my modest side, the Marketing Presentation Day lasted till 11:30PM making it a record 14 hours in college. I was super glad that the test was rescheduled. I did not complain about the test being held on Sunday until Sunday. All I remember was studying, studying, and more studying. I think I did not give enough emphasis on how much I studied. 

Just like that, the weekend that didn't exist was over. All I did different was have a mango milkshake.

And about my test in Quantitative Ability. *keeping my fingers crossed*
 

-Yogesh Babu

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